Abies hom dlepis 
Native of Japan. 
Nat. Order: Conireré. Tribe: ABIETINEA. 
Abies homolepis, Siebold & Zuccarini, “Fl. Jap.” ii. 17, t. 108 (1842); 
Veitch, Manual, ed. ii. 513 (1900); A. bvachyphylla, Maximowicz, 
“Bull. Acad. St. Petersb.” x. 488 (1866); P. Harryana, McNab 
in “ Proceed. R. Irish Acad.” ii. ser. 2689 (1877). 
Was introduced into Great Britain in the year 1870 from 
Japan, where it grows on the mountains in Nikko up to an 
altitude of 5000 feet above the sea level. As may be supposed 
from its native habitat, it is absolutely hardy, never having 
suffered the least either from strong gales or the severest 
frosts. The branches are flat and spreading in horizontal 
whorls, the young shoots have a polished and glossy appear- 
ance, the leaves are small and densely arranged, the cones 
are a beautiful purple colour, about four inches long. From 
its rapid growth and spreading habit it requires a good deal 
of room. This tree was planted in 1886, and it is now 
twenty-eight feet in height with a circumference of eighty-five 
feet. 
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